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by DYLAN NOLAN
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Rom Reddy – founder of the pro-citizen DOGE SC movement – recently hinted at a soon-to-be publicized family court reform bill originating from his organization.
Speaking to the Lexington County GOP this Monday evening (November 3, 2025), the Isle of Palms, S.C. businessman noted the shambolic state of South Carolina’s family court system.
“Our family courts are a mess,” Reddy said.
Reddy’s crusade against the status-quo in the Palmetto State began after the S.C. Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) claimed ownership of a portion of his beachfront property without compensating him for the administrative taking – an affront so offensive to Reddy that he began a public campaign to pressure decision-makers to support a broad-range of reforms designed to empower citizens.
According to Reddy, once word of his new venture spread, calls from concerned citizens came pouring in. Reddy reported hearing horror stories about are the state’s family courts.
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"Help us get these bills across the finish line,"@OfficialDOGEsc founder @RomReddySC teased a family court reform bill his organization plans to unveil this week while addressing the Lexington, S.C. GOP last night.
— Dylan Nolan (@dnolan2000) November 4, 2025
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“Wherever I went – people were like, yes, that happened to me,” Reddy recalled, saying he’s heard from numerous “people crying on the phone and sending us emails about the things happening to them in family court.”
South Carolina’s family courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all matters involving family relationships, including divorce, child custody, support, and alimony. Those unfortunate enough to appear to appear in these courts often get a first hand education as to why South Carolina is known nationally as a “judicial hellhole.”
Reddy appears poised to try to change that, telling GOP attendees “we have (a bill) coming out this week.”
Sources familiar with the proposed legislation say it would address the Palmetto State’s joint custody requirements as well as its controversial one-year waiting period for ”no-fault” divorces – i.e. divorces which are not being sought on grounds of adultery, physical cruelty or habitual drunkenness.
The legislation would purportedly target what critics have called South Carolina’s ”family court racket,” a cottage industry that profits from protracted spousal discord in the court system.
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Reddy’s recently released judicial reform bill judges was notable in that it received the support of S.C. House speaker Murrell Smith and Freedom Caucus chairman Jordan Pace – as well as a slate of senior senators – when it was unveiled.
It remains to be seen whether DOGE SC’s family court bill will enjoy similarly broad support among the General Assembly’s leadership.
Reddy implored Republican party members to “help us get these bills across the finish line, the judicial reform bill and the equal parenting act that’s coming out this week.”
Stay tuned for further coverage once the details of the DOGE SC family court proposal are announced…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR…
(Via: Travis Bell)
Dylan Nolan is the director of special projects at FITSNews. He graduated from the Darla Moore school of business in 2021 with an accounting degree. Got a tip or story idea for Dylan? Email him here. You can also engage him socially @DNolan2000.
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7 comments
The greatest trick South Carolina has ever pulled was proving fthe world familism exist in family court.
What about the racket Elise Crosby and Joe Crosby are running in Georgetown? Joe is also the Master in equity Judge for Georgetown..and Elise is appointed guardian ad litem on numerous cases in Georgetown and Horry Counties …ummm????
Reddy himself is a lawbreaker.
Chicken and the egg, but good point.
Family court is a case by case issue, with guardrails in place. Not sure if reforming it answers the question but proper explanation of how it works before going through it. Like a rules for dummy seminar before action is taken place.
Hundreds of members of the SC Bar agree behind the scenes that the family court system is one huge snafu.
People do have, in, part, hard irrefutable evidence in the form of documents, court transcripts, court orders that violated due process. One SC judge screamed from the bench when alerted that the FBI was prepared to make arrest of a judge and several attorneys, that “no FBI agent knows the law”! She ended up serving only one term in the SC family court. A lawyer before her was so rattled, she withdrew from the representation of her client.
Don’t be stupid and make assumptions. The system is a cesspool.
Send copies to Mr. Nolan as fast as you can, if you can. But watch out. I am sure they are watching you. Keep things in very secure places they can never find.
I’ve heard you get more from the system with honey than you do with vinegar. If what your fighting for is that important.
It’s good to have faith in those situations.